Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>From an F1 racing news site. http://www.formula1.com/race/news/3209/740.html -Chris Lawson > Really, I admire the decision to not change the course to accommodate a > greedy > automobile manufacturer who tried to change the rules to get their tires > to run. > rather, I thnik Michelin and the racing teams that used them should have > beeen > fined a serious enough amount to get serious refunds to the spectators and > advertisers who were poorly served by one manufacturers screw ups. The > teams > should have been fined for allowing themselves to get caught with their > good > tires down. They should have had a plan B for tires. > > I don't consider the debacle Forumla 1's except that they should have had > a tire > qualification process in place. You can't run on tires a manufacturer > hasn't > had qualified for safety, should be the rule. > AGS > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Emilio Perea <eperea@walkereng.com> > Date: Monday, June 20, 2005 12:48 pm > Subject: Re: [Leica] Totally OT: What the HELL is F1 doing? > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 08:41:33AM -0700, Adam Bridge wrote: > > > I was astounded at the debacle in Indy when only 6 . . . SIX > > cars . . . raced. > > > > Where's Frank Dernie when we need him? :-) > > > > > I can't imagine anything worse for the US market. > > > > What US market? If you are thinking of F1 fans, why would this > > mess be > > bad for us? It's just one more thing to argue about... > > > > > What the HELL was going on? Was this some deep political thing? > > > Michelin with it's pants in a bundle? What? > > > > I gather that Michelin screwed up and wanted the rules changed to > > covertheir asses. Screw them! The scumbags found that they tires > > used for > > qualifying would be unsafe on race conditions and wanted to be allowed > > to change tires or to add a chicane that would slow everybody else to > > speeds that would be safe for their tires. > > > > Why would anybody even think allowing such alternatives? If you let > > them get away with it, you might as well watch rigged "sports" like > > professional wrestling and NASCAR. The time to change the rules is > > not after qualifying for a race. > > > > > If this keeps happening Leica will actually sell the DMR and > > show a > > > digital M! > > > > Good luck! I'd like to see a picture of BD's face if it happens. > > :-) > > > > > Apple changes to Intel and now THIS. > > > > I like Unix on AMD processors myself, so a bronze plaque on both their > > houses! > > > > Emilio > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information